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SWAP sees the Sun

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Title SWAP sees the Sun

Released 30/07/2013 10:28 am

Copyright ESA/SWAP PROBA2 science centre

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The SWAP instrument on board ESA's Proba-2 sees the Sun, 30 July 2013, at 9:28:57.258 CEST. SWAP (Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System detector and Image Processing) is a small telescope that captures the solar corona at wavelengths corresponding to temperatures of about a million degrees (around 17.1 nanometers).